Portnoy's Complaint

Jun 19, 1972

1h 41m

★ 4.3

Some book. Some movie.

Overview

During a session with his psychoanalyst, Alexander Portnoy rants about everything that is bothering him. His complaints include his childhood and his family with an emphasis on his mother, his sexual fantasies and the problems that he has with women, and his obsessive feelings about his Judaism.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Chenault Productions

Warner Bros. Pictures

Portnoy's Complaint Trailers

Cast

Alexander Portnoy

Richard Benjamin

Mary Jane Reid a.k.a. Monkey

Karen Black

Sophie Portnoy

Lee Grant

Jack Portnoy

Jack Somack

Hannah Portnoy

Renée Lippin

Bubbles Girardi

Jeannie Berlin

Smolka

Kevin Conway

Mandel (as Lewis Stadlen)

Lewis J. Stadlen

Naomi

Jill Clayburgh

Opening Girl

Jessica Rains

Lina, Rome Prostitute

Francesca De Sapio

Clerk at Inn

William Pabst

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